Word Origin & History

academic 1580s, "relating to an academy," also "collegiate, scholarly," from L. academicus, from academia (see academy). Meaning "theoretical, not practical, not leading to a decision" (such as university debates or classroom legal exercises) is from 1886. Academic freedom is attested from 1901.

Example Sentences for academic

That is why an academic education nowadays often fails of its purpose.

I feel that what I say about religion is too cold and academic.

The academic product is, it must be remembered, a bundle of conventions.

Certainly it cannot be related to real business life by the academic student.

A successful teacher of an academy, raises the standard of academic instruction.

Erasmus's political diatribes were far too academic and too general for that.

It cannot be denied that the academic expression "Literature" is an ill-favoured word.

Paris took the lead in opposition to the new Evangel by its Academic decrees of 1521.